Your top Ten P4P ranked on seeing actual fight footage

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  1. quintonjacksonfan

    quintonjacksonfan Active Member Full Member

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    Greb and Langford should not be on this list

    Their rankings are based on other peoples opinions

    We all know SRR is # 1 on the P4P list but none of us

    have seen his fights at Welterweight. Are the fights you actually

    have seen of him enough to put him number one on this list


    What is your Top 10 P4P based on seeing at least 10 fights of each fighter

    in their entity
     
  2. Duodenum

    Duodenum Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    As the stipulation you've made is to have seen at least ten matches in their entirety of each fighter listed, I'm not sure I could generate a top ten P4P ranking by virtue of having viewed a minimum of 100 filmed bouts. This will be a fantastically daunting task for all but the most hardcore boxing fans.

    I have seen Robinson/Fusari. It was many years ago, but yes, Robby's final World WW Title defense in 1950 is on film (and probably locked up in ESPN's vault today; I saw it at a time when Jimmy Jacobs was still alive, before the Cayton/Jacobs collection was handed over to ESPN, and I would imagine that the footage I saw on televison was owned by them).

    SRR took 13 of the 15 rounds against Fusari, a genuinely tough Sicilian who was outpointing Rocky Graziano entering their tenth and final round (with Fusari fighting the 159 pound Graziano while at the welterweight limit!)

    However, that's only one film of Robby boxing as a welterweight, and you are requiring ten. That's a task which may be beyond me, but I'll reminisce on it, and deliberate carefully before deciding whether or not I can meet your requirement.

    (I suspect what you might really be trying to do is date the lot of us!)
     
  3. Dempsey1238

    Dempsey1238 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    There IS film of Sam Langford vs Flynn.
     
  4. Indefatigable

    Indefatigable Active Member banned Full Member

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    1. JOE LOUIS
    Salvador Sanchez
    Roberto Duran
    Marv. Marv. Hagler
    Sugar Ray Leonard
    Muhammad Ali
    Manny Pacquioa
    Carlos Monzon
     
  5. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Changed your mind, have you?
     
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  6. Indefatigable

    Indefatigable Active Member banned Full Member

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    Good thread.
     
  7. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    01 - Ray Robinson
    02 - Roberto Duran
    03 - Ray Leonard
    04 - Floyd Mayweather
    05- Manny Pacquiao
    06 - Pernell Whitaker
    07 - Roy Jones
    08 - Muhammad Ali
    09 - Joe Louis
    10 - Carlos Monzon
    11- Marvin Hagler
    12 - Kid Gavilan
     
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  8. Gazelle Punch

    Gazelle Punch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hmmm
    No order
    Louis
    Mayweather
    Ali
    Charles
    Duran
    Moore
    Marciano
    SRL
    RJJ
    Pac
    Sure I’m forgetting someone and this isn’t the particular order I’d use...wanted to put pep in there but I don’t think he has ten fights on film. I’ve only seen a few anyway
     
  9. Indefatigable

    Indefatigable Active Member banned Full Member

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    On what G?
     
  10. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    These the ten who impressed me most of those who meet the criteria in the OP. HMs include: Napoles, Olivares, Harada, Ali and Louis.

    #10. Marvin Hagler
    #09. Archie Moore
    #08. Ray Leonard
    #07. Floyd Mayweather
    #06. Pernell Whitaker
    #05. Willie Pep
    #04. Henry Armstrong
    #03. Ezzard Charles
    #02. Ray Robinson
    #01. Roberto Duran
     
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  11. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    There is film of him against Joe Jeannette and Bill Lang too